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Encounter the perennial truths of the faith as they are applied to questions of culture and various professions and academic disciplines. While the faith is changeless, it is also remarkably flexible, speaking to unique challenges from one generation to the next.
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In the Likeness of Christ

To imitate Christ is to put on the mind of Christ, imitating his interior dispositions and grasping the broad principles by which he worked out his life's task.
Dr. Don J. Briel
Blessed John Henry Newman Chair of Liberal Arts Emeritus, University of Mary
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To Address Poverty in All Its Forms

Curtis Martin, Founder and CEO of FOCUS, joined Msgr. James P. Shea to discuss his experience in evangelization and the formation of university students.
Curtis Martin
Msgr. James P. Shea
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Marian Grotto at the University of Mary
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She Looked at Me As if I Were a Person

Restoration of mind is necessary before a healthcare worker can meaningfully encounter and look upon patients as persons first—just as Mary did to St. Bernadette at Lourdes.
Dr. Lauren Emmel
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A Copernican Revolution

In these first months of the Jubilee Year of 2025, Christians around the world have the opportunity to ask who or what is at the center of their lives.
Prime Matters
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In Praise of Motherhood

In celebrating the motherhood of Mary on the first day of the New Year, Catholics remember that our lives take place under her care and intercession.
Prime Matters
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Preparing the Way: Reflections on Leadership in the Light of the Eucharist

What is leadership? How can we use our talents to lead? Are we leading others to Christ, or simply drawing attention to ourselves?
Prof. Marek Dojs
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The Historic Reality of Christian Culture

Walk through Christopher Dawson's six ages of the Western Church with three historians.
Dr. Joseph T. Stuart
Dr. Margaret Mary Summers
Mike Aquilina
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What ‘Christian’ Really Means

For early disciples, the name 'Christian' held tremendous significance and indicated adoption into a new tribe.
Dr. Jordan Almanzar
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A Kingship Not of This World

The kingdom Jesus has founded is a real kingdom, a visible polity, a social organization – but it will not be founded on or extend itself by worldly means.
Msgr. James P. Shea
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Facing Life's Hurdles

National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Coach Dale Brown explains the four major hurdles all of us face in our lives.
Dale Brown
Rev. Craig Vasek
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Virtue and Mental Health

What does virtue have to do with mental health? A psychologist explains.
Dr. Paul Vitz
Rev. Craig Vasek
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The God of Faith and Science with Stephen Barr and David Ronderos

Dr. Stephen Barr explores questions of faith and science, God and nature in an insightful conversation with Dr. David Ronderos.
Dr. Stephen Barr
Dr. David Ronderos
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Navigating Thorny Culture

Weekly learning with the Weekly Update

Encounter a summary of the week's events presented through the Catholic imaginative vision and receive insights into upcoming Mass readings.

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